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. -- wolf blitzer is in israel. >> israel has said that the israeli air force struck more than 120 targets on sunday in gaza. most notably, the house of a -- the hamas the head of a hamas rocket unit. initially say had said they killed that man. they can't verify whether or not they did -- the local ambulance crews said that as many as ten civilians, women and children were inside the house at the time. the israelis do acknowledge that this man's family was in the house at the time. but they cannot confirm if he was there. israeli -- hitting some local journalists, they had called up some french journalists in advance of the strike, and told them to get out of the building, and they did evacuate, but some journalists did go back inside. there was a response to that, there's been a number of large explosions already this evening and we an fticipate in the hour ahead. >> what's the feeling you get of the atmosphere right now when you see people in gaza and you know it's going to be another long night there? >> it's obviously a very tense atmosphere, the streets are deserted not only at this
. -- wolf blitzer is in israel. >> israel has said that the israeli air force struck more than 120 targets on sunday in gaza. most notably, the house of a -- the hamas the head of a hamas rocket unit. initially say had said they killed that man. they can't verify whether or not they did -- the local ambulance crews said that as many as ten civilians, women and children were inside the house at the time. the israelis do acknowledge that this man's family was in the house at the time. but...
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wolf blitzer has been traveling with her and joins me now. wolf, before i hear from you, this is the jerusalem post with a very impressive picture of you with the secretary of state. it's made a big noise over here, your interview. she was in a very forthcoming mood and quite revealing about a number of issues. let's start with what she said about libya in particular. >> on libya the secretary said the united states is basically not going to take any military action by itself. the united nations security council she says will have to ask. she said, look, there's a lot of problems potentially in libya and insisted gadhafi will not win when all is said and done even though all the indications are he's moving very quickly right now against the opposition, but she pointed out that, look, there are a lot of problems around the world. listen to this. >> i get up every day and i look at reports from around the world. we have violence in cote d'ivoire and in the democratic republic of the congo and flare-ups of violence in other parts of africa and w
wolf blitzer has been traveling with her and joins me now. wolf, before i hear from you, this is the jerusalem post with a very impressive picture of you with the secretary of state. it's made a big noise over here, your interview. she was in a very forthcoming mood and quite revealing about a number of issues. let's start with what she said about libya in particular. >> on libya the secretary said the united states is basically not going to take any military action by itself. the united...
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when i made the statement that -- i was answering wolf blitzer's question. why do so many black americans vote democrat? and i made the statement because a lot of them are brainwashed into not even considering a conservative or republican point of view or not even considering a conservative or republican candidate. but i also said, but the good news is a lot of black americans are thinking for themselves and they're getting away from that. i have seen that. i have experienced that. and so the fact that i chose that word, "brainwashed," i'm a little bit surprised by the reaction to it, but i don't back down from that word. because when you have some people who won't even consider an alternative idea or consider someone who might not exactly agree with them ideological, yeah, i call that brainwashing. >> i've had a lot of guests on recently getting very hot under the collar about the tea party. morgan freeman and others, top black american. i know you don't like the phrase african-american. i'm going to ask you why in a moment. but black americans, leading bla
when i made the statement that -- i was answering wolf blitzer's question. why do so many black americans vote democrat? and i made the statement because a lot of them are brainwashed into not even considering a conservative or republican point of view or not even considering a conservative or republican candidate. but i also said, but the good news is a lot of black americans are thinking for themselves and they're getting away from that. i have seen that. i have experienced that. and so the...
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. >> jim acosta, i'm also joined by cnn's wolf blitzer in our jerusalem bureau. wolf just wrapped up a lengthy interview with governor romney. tell me, wolf, is there a headline that pertains to this visit you can share with us? >> reporter: he did say flatly that he regards jerusalem as israel's capital, candy, and he said that he would very much like to move the united states' embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. as you know, since the 1967 war when israel captured east jerusalem, which was then under jordanian control, no u.s. president has ever recognized east jerusalem, including the old city of jerusalem, as being part of israel under israeli sovereignty. and the u.s. has always kept its embassy in tel aviv as opposed to jerusalem. so i asked him how he felt about that. i asked him specifically, do you think that jerusalem is israel's capital? and he said absolutely he does. i said, do you think that the united states should move its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem? he said that would be the goal, but he said if he were elected president, he would consult
. >> jim acosta, i'm also joined by cnn's wolf blitzer in our jerusalem bureau. wolf just wrapped up a lengthy interview with governor romney. tell me, wolf, is there a headline that pertains to this visit you can share with us? >> reporter: he did say flatly that he regards jerusalem as israel's capital, candy, and he said that he would very much like to move the united states' embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. as you know, since the 1967 war when israel captured east jerusalem,...
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before romney delivered that speech we played for you, he sat down with our wolf blitzer. here's some of that discussion. >> do you consider jerusalem to be the capital of israel? >> yes, of course. a nation has the capacity to choose its own capital. >> if you become president of the united states would you move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem? >> i think it's long been the policy of our country to have its embassy in the nation of jerusalem. it's one if i were president i would want to take in consultation with the leadership of the government which exists at that time. so i would follow the same policy we have in the past. our embassy would be in the capital, but that's -- the timing of that is something i'd want to work out with the government. >> with the government of israel? >> with the government of israel. >> but every israeli government has always asked every u.s. government to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. >> i would -- >> just to be precise, if they said please move the embassy, you would do
before romney delivered that speech we played for you, he sat down with our wolf blitzer. here's some of that discussion. >> do you consider jerusalem to be the capital of israel? >> yes, of course. a nation has the capacity to choose its own capital. >> if you become president of the united states would you move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem? >> i think it's long been the policy of our country to have its embassy in the nation of jerusalem. it's one if i...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> breaking news right now. president obama using the full legal force of the united states government to try to stop one state's crackdown on illegal immigration. the justice department filing that highly anticipated lawsuit against arizona and against the arizona governor, jan brewer, just a short while ago. this law prompted widespread protests since governor brewer signed it in april. it requires police to question people suspected of being in the u.s. illegally. the suit doesn't challenge the particulars of the law. it challenges arizona's authority to pass it. let's bring in our senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. the justice department makes the case this is unconstitutional because it violates what's called the supremacy clause of the constitution. explain the thinking. >> it's a very interesting legal document. this 25-page lawsuit that was filed today because so much of the discussion about this law has
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> breaking news right now. president obama using the full legal force of the united states government to try to stop one state's crackdown on illegal immigration. the justice department filing that highly anticipated lawsuit against arizona and against the arizona governor, jan brewer, just a short while ago. this law prompted widespread protests since governor brewer signed it in april....
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i'm wolf blitzer and my face is being haunted by the ghost of an old beard. tonight the petraeus scandal continues to spiral outward and one woman seems to be at the center of it all, jill kelley. seen here leaving her home in tampa, walking down some stairs and getting into a car. jill kelley first reported general petraeus's mistress paula broadwell after she sent several e-mails to jthe general. doing the same thing because it's the only clip we have of her. >> it is the only clip we have of her. it did not stop there. we'll have more for you in just a bit. >>> after 127 days in space, three crew members at the international space station will head home today. commander soony williams turned it over too another. they will leave the space station around 5:00 p.m. today. they're expected to land in kazakhstan around 8:00 tonight. >>> the big news is the announcement that hose stes tes. so many are hoarding them. no more dolly madison or drake's cakes, my favorite. and can you believe no more wonder bread. also nature's pride will be gone from stores. also 33
i'm wolf blitzer and my face is being haunted by the ghost of an old beard. tonight the petraeus scandal continues to spiral outward and one woman seems to be at the center of it all, jill kelley. seen here leaving her home in tampa, walking down some stairs and getting into a car. jill kelley first reported general petraeus's mistress paula broadwell after she sent several e-mails to jthe general. doing the same thing because it's the only clip we have of her. >> it is the only clip we...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> with just 27 days to go until the presidential election, we begin with mitt romney's bumpy day out there on the campaign trail. first, his campaign had to clarify something romney said earlier about abortion later. they said romney will stop telling a new story apparently designed to show his softer side. cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta is in ohio right now on the road with the romney campaign. >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney's been trying to open up to voters in recent days telling stories of friends who have died, even service members who have died in combat. but the mother of one falling navy s.e.a.l.s. says she's offended as democrats accuse romney of trying to hide his true beliefs. it's been a staple of the stump speeches, the gop nominee talking about the deaths of friends, even soldier who is have inspired him. >> i've met some wonderful people. one was a former navy s.e.a.l.s. glen dougherty. and we chatted for a while. >>
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> with just 27 days to go until the presidential election, we begin with mitt romney's bumpy day out there on the campaign trail. first, his campaign had to clarify something romney said earlier about abortion later. they said romney will stop telling a new story apparently designed to show his softer side. cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta is in ohio right now on the road with the romney campaign. >>...
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i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." for our international viewers, "world report" is next. in north america, john"john kin usa" starts right now. >> thanks for joining us. i'm candy crowley. john king is off. tonight at this hour, two men in texas are scheduled to the die by lethal injection for crimes that had an impact far beyond their state's borders. in texas, lawrence brewer, a white supremacist and one-time ku klux klan leader is going to the execution chamber for his part in the 1998 killings of james byrd, a black man who was dragged to death behind a pickup truck. his death inspired the signing of hate crime laws. but this hour's execution in texas is overshadowed by another in georgia. convict eed murderer troy daviss scheduled to die the right now, but the u.s. supreme court is considering a last-minute appeal from his attorneys. davis was convicted of killing savannah policemanmark macphail 22 years ago. since davis' trial, seven of the nine witnesses against him either changed their stories or recanted their testimony, raising doubts that have gone global. anti
i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." for our international viewers, "world report" is next. in north america, john"john kin usa" starts right now. >> thanks for joining us. i'm candy crowley. john king is off. tonight at this hour, two men in texas are scheduled to the die by lethal injection for crimes that had an impact far beyond their state's borders. in texas, lawrence brewer, a white supremacist and one-time ku klux klan leader is going to the...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> you'd have a hard time finding two congressman further apart on the political spectrum. but now they're teaming up big time to call for substantial cuts in u.s. military spending. they write this in a joint article. "we may not agree on what to do with the estimated $1 trillion in savings, but we do agree that nothing -- we do agree that nothing either of us cares diply about will be possible if we do not begin to face this issue now." representatives frank and paul are joining us together from their respective states. congressman, thanks very much for coming in. how did you guys team up to call for this massive cut in u.s. military spending? congressman paul? >> well, the two of us have talked about this over the years. barne was motivated to come to me and ask me about this, about setting up a commission to do the study. set out a program. and it's not going to happen tomorrow. it's a ten-year program. he aske
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> you'd have a hard time finding two congressman further apart on the political spectrum. but now they're teaming up big time to call for substantial cuts in u.s. military spending. they write this in a joint article. "we may not agree on what to do with the estimated $1 trillion in savings, but we do agree that nothing -- we do agree that nothing either of us...
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now, though, wolf blitzer gets to rest quietly in busy washington, d.c. he joins me live to talk a little bit about this. when i watched governor romney speaking at the clinton global initiative, a, he looked very presidential as he gave this address. b, he talked foreign aid and foreign policy, and i want to get your take on his word. look, we spend a lot of money on foreign aid around this world. are we doing it the right way? he says no. >> are you running a sound bite or do you want me to just talk? >> i want you to react and let me know. that message he gave was so specific. we're throwing money and social services and not doing the investments. >> there's no doubt that the united states can be doing it in a much more effective way. a lot of the foreign aid, and it's really a tiny percentage of the overall u.s. budget, people think that u.s. foreign aid is enormous. if it's 1%, that's a lot. it's not even that much sometimes. it's a relatively small amount of the federal budget every single year, but it's critically important in a lot of developing c
now, though, wolf blitzer gets to rest quietly in busy washington, d.c. he joins me live to talk a little bit about this. when i watched governor romney speaking at the clinton global initiative, a, he looked very presidential as he gave this address. b, he talked foreign aid and foreign policy, and i want to get your take on his word. look, we spend a lot of money on foreign aid around this world. are we doing it the right way? he says no. >> are you running a sound bite or do you want...
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>>> i'm wolf blitzer. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> with a stroke of the pen, president obama has turned months of fierce legislative combat into law. it remains to be seen whether health care reform works as planned. on paper it's a huge undertaking by the federal government that will ultimately affect almost everyone. republicans are vowing to roll back the legislation, but some state attorneys general have already filed suit against it, but for now democrats are celebrating a big victory. >>> here's what it looked like today, over at the white house. >> today, after almost a century of trying, today, after over a year of debate, today, after all the votes have been tallied health insurance reform becomes law in the united states of america. in a few moments, when i sign this bill, all of the overheated rhetoric over reform will finally confront the reality of reform. that our generation is able to succeed in passing this reform is a testament to the persistenc
>>> i'm wolf blitzer. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> with a stroke of the pen, president obama has turned months of fierce legislative combat into law. it remains to be seen whether health care reform works as planned. on paper it's a huge undertaking by the federal government that will ultimately affect almost everyone. republicans are vowing to roll back the legislation, but some state...
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that's followed by complete live coverage of the results at 7:00 with wolf blitzer and anderson cooper and more. >>> president obama and israel's prime minister talked as if they were on the same page today, but do the two leaders agree about how to handle iran? we'll ask an expert and see what it could mean for the nuclear standoff. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. ♪ ( whirring and crackling sounds ) man: assembly lines that fix themselves. the most innovative companies are doing things they never could before, by building on the cisco intelligent ne
that's followed by complete live coverage of the results at 7:00 with wolf blitzer and anderson cooper and more. >>> president obama and israel's prime minister talked as if they were on the same page today, but do the two leaders agree about how to handle iran? we'll ask an expert and see what it could mean for the nuclear standoff. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we didn't hear from herman cain's accuser herself, but her lawyer says she still believes she was the victim of sexual harassment by the republican presidential candidate back in the 1990s, when he was the head of the national restaurant association. the lawyer, joel bennett, responding skeptically to herman cain's denials. >> there's an expression, where there's smoke, there's fire. the fact that there are multiple complaints tells me that it's more likely than not that there was some sexual harassment activity by this man at that time. all of that is subject to proof. he would be allowed to rebut all of them be and i -- but the fact that there's more than one complainant is meaningful. >> let's assess what's going on right now with our chief analyst gloria borger. if no other woman were to publicly announce what happens right now, is it possible that this whole issue could go away for herman cain? >> sure, it is. so far, in fact, wolf, this hasn't affected him much in the polls. he'
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we didn't hear from herman cain's accuser herself, but her lawyer says she still believes she was the victim of sexual harassment by the republican presidential candidate back in the 1990s, when he was the head of the national restaurant association. the lawyer, joel bennett, responding skeptically to herman cain's denials. >> there's an expression, where there's smoke, there's fire. the fact that there are multiple complaints...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." up first, the powerful twister is plaguing the midwest. we're getting new video in from chickasha, oklahoma. words cannot describe when you see this monster storm. >> it's crossing the road. >> slow down. >> get it out your window. get it out your window. >> what's behind us? >> you're good. oh, my god. back up. oh, no. oh, no. what it destroyed. it's a trailer house. slow down, brandon. slow down. >>> amazing video indeed. those storms, by the way, have already claimed ten lives in the state of oklahoma. the governor declaring a state of emergency in 68 counties. in arkansas, the death toll has climbed to four people from the same string of bad weather. let's go to joplin, missouri. 1500 people remain missing. three days since the deadly tornado. many of those who survived are only now beginning to come to terms with what happened. cnn's casey wian is joining us from joplin with one family's dramatic story of survival. casey? >> reporter: wolf, imagine surviving one of the worst torn
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." up first, the powerful twister is plaguing the midwest. we're getting new video in from chickasha, oklahoma. words cannot describe when you see this monster storm. >> it's crossing the road. >> slow down. >> get it out your window. get it out your window. >> what's behind us? >> you're good. oh, my god. back up. oh, no. oh, no. what it destroyed. it's a trailer house. slow down, brandon. slow down....
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> with democrats get egg ready for tough battles in this fall's midterm election, the white house is welcoming new numbers showing a sustained economic recovery, although a modest one. president obama's praise of the data was also modest. he says the improvement is not enough. >> what we're seeing, i think is some significant improvement in the economy and stabilization. but obviously everybody here, republican and democrat, recognizings we've still got work to do, there are too many people still unemployed, the housing market is still very soft. too many small businesses who aren't getting credit. we're going to spend some time exploring how can we build on the progress that has been made to make sure that ordinary americans are seeing improvements in their own lives. >> here is what the president was talking about. we learned today that people are spending more. retail sales jumped 1.6% in march. that's better than expected. at the same time, inflat
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> with democrats get egg ready for tough battles in this fall's midterm election, the white house is welcoming new numbers showing a sustained economic recovery, although a modest one. president obama's praise of the data was also modest. he says the improvement is not enough. >> what we're seeing, i think is some significant improvement in the economy and stabilization. but obviously everybody here, republican and...
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just after the break, our wolf blitzer and special coverage of the president's speech, next. when an investment lacks discipline, it's never this obvious. introducing investment discipline etfs from russell. visit russelletfs.com r a prospectus, containing the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information. read and consider it carefully before investing. [ male ] using clean american fuel is just a pipe dream. ♪ [ female announcer ] we're rolling away misperceptions about energy independence. did you know that today about a quarter of all new transit buses use clean, american natural gas? we have more natural gas than saudi arabia has oil. so how come we're not using it even more? start a conversation about using more natural gas vehicles in your community. >>> good morn, i'm wolf blitzer in new york. we want to welcome you to our special coverage of president obama's special address to the united nations. we want to emphasize just how extraordinary and how diplomatically delicate this speech by the president of the united states will be. he will fac
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thanks again. >> i hope so. >>> today at noon eastern wolf blitzer and cnn's political team will host the cnn election roundtable. that's a chat about what's at stake today. we'll be back. [ male announcer ] the cadillac cts sport sedan was designed with near-perfect weight balance from front to back... and back to front. ♪ giving you exceptional control from left to right... and right to left. ♪ the cadillac cts. ♪ we don't just make luxury cars. we make cadillacs. ♪[music plays] ♪[music plays] purina one beyond. food for your cat or dog. first since the death of whitney houston. everyone has wanted to talk to her daughter, bobbi kristina, and oprah will. a.j. hammer has that and more from new york. bobbi kristina could have chosen anyone. why oprah? >> well, carol, i think it comes down to history. oprah did have a relationship with whitney houston and even though you'll remember they covered some pretty tough ground in that interview, the two of them did back in 2009, oprah was very fair with whitney. there's inevitably a lot of trust with the family there so i think it d
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. >> well, wolf blitzer with us now. so, you know, from washington, wolf, we have seen romney confine his campaign to the nine battleground states. why is he now taking a shot at this state, pennsylvania, which clearly seems to be leaning obama? >> according to the public polls, obama is doing really well in pennsylvania. maybe he's got some private polls that he's doing inside his campaign that shows some other trends developing in pennsylvania. i haven't seen any public polls that would indicate he's got a shot in pennsylvania. i also haven't seen any indication that the romney campaign is spending any campaign money advertising in pennsylvania. if they are, it is really not much. but as i say, maybe there is something that his campaign knows that we don't yet know because right now it looks like obama is doing really, really well in pennsylvania. and the surrounding states, new jersey, new york, or maryland for that matter. i think romney does have a shot obviously in some of the other states like ohio, not that far a
. >> well, wolf blitzer with us now. so, you know, from washington, wolf, we have seen romney confine his campaign to the nine battleground states. why is he now taking a shot at this state, pennsylvania, which clearly seems to be leaning obama? >> according to the public polls, obama is doing really well in pennsylvania. maybe he's got some private polls that he's doing inside his campaign that shows some other trends developing in pennsylvania. i haven't seen any public polls that...
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coming up, "cnn newsroom," wolf blitzer speaks with debbie wasserman schultz next after a quick break. >>> right now, day
coming up, "cnn newsroom," wolf blitzer speaks with debbie wasserman schultz next after a quick break. >>> right now, day
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i'm wolf blitzer reporting today from washington. happening right now at the united nations, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu about to deliver a major speech before the general assembly. he's the final world leader to address the group during this year's annual meeting. in last year's speech, the prime minister drew a red line literally on a cartoon drawing to illustrate his deep concerns of iran's nuclear program. what will he do this year? we'll bring you his speech live as soon as it starts. that should be in a few minutes. let's get to another huge story we're following right now. we're 12 hours into the government shutdown. no end in sight. deadlocked mibs of congress will keep drawing paychecks while hundreds of thousands of federal employees will go without their paychecks all because republicans and democrats failed to agree on a bill to fund the federal government. millions of people who depend on food assistance are being directly impacted. we're talking seniors and those on the program for women, infants and c
i'm wolf blitzer reporting today from washington. happening right now at the united nations, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu about to deliver a major speech before the general assembly. he's the final world leader to address the group during this year's annual meeting. in last year's speech, the prime minister drew a red line literally on a cartoon drawing to illustrate his deep concerns of iran's nuclear program. what will he do this year? we'll bring you his speech live as soon...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> a new punch in the gut for the united states. 15 million americans are desperate to try and get a paycheck. once again, job growth hit the brakes in a big, big way. take a look at the new numbers that are so disturbing to so many millions of people. 39,000 jobs were created last month. that's less than a third of the 150,000 jobs economists had expected. the overall unemployment rate rose once again to 9.8%. >> there is too much pain out there. there is still millions of people out of work trying to make due without a paycheck and without the dignity or respect that goes with your job. >> it gets worse. right now, more than 6 million americans have been jobless for half a year or more. 1.3 million americans have simply given up looking for work all tooth. it's a sea of gloomy statistics. none of us should forget, for every one of those numbers, there is a person, a family that's hurting. >> it's like everything is falling apart. what goes along wit
i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> a new punch in the gut for the united states. 15 million americans are desperate to try and get a paycheck. once again, job growth hit the brakes in a big, big way. take a look at the new numbers that are so disturbing to so many millions of people. 39,000 jobs were created last month. that's less than a third of the 150,000 jobs economists had expected. the overall unemployment rate rose once again to 9.8%. >>...
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for now, i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." "the situation room." the news continues next. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> i'm john king
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the threat of violence is causing a huge amount of concern here in the nation's capitol. one congressman was over at the white house today to watch the president make good on a promise to him and other democrats who oppose abortion. that would be congressman bart stupak, democrat of michigan leading antiabortion democrats. our senior white house correspondent ed henry is standing by. tell the viewers what happened. >> this was really the critical piece of the negotiations on sunday. that's why bart stupak, 12 of his colleagues were here. they all opposed abortion rights. this was a pivotal point on sunday where throwing their support behind the president's health care reform is what pushed it over the top. this afternoon he followed through on it. what's significant is the president's own aides say this really is not new federal policy. they still insist that the new health care law does not change the fact that there is a federal ban on federal taxpayer funding of pay abortion. as yo
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the threat of violence is causing a huge amount of concern here in the nation's capitol. one congressman was over at the white house today to watch the president make good on a promise to him and other democrats who oppose abortion. that would be congressman bart stupak, democrat of michigan leading antiabortion democrats. our senior white house correspondent ed henry is standing by. tell the viewers what happened. >> this was...
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i'd like to bring in wolf blitzer. i'm die to go talk to you because both of us covers presidents clinton pd a bush and i remember during the last six months bush sent out secretary rice, there was blitz of diplomacy, pledging he'd get the middle east peace done before he left office. never happened. what do you think is different this time around with this president in achieving peace? >> and you remember that last minute the campaign on get some kind of arab peace deal, there was a similar effort in the final months of the clinton administration back in 2000. so it's not unusual. right now it doesn't look like there are a whole lot of partners out will. not a lot of trust. israelis did have a relationship with abbas, but now that hamas has forged this agreement to have this unity, israelis don't trust them by any mean, u.s. as you know regards hamas as a terrorist organization. so it doesn't look like the president if he's trying to revive the israeli palestinian peace process right now, there it's not a whole lot of
i'd like to bring in wolf blitzer. i'm die to go talk to you because both of us covers presidents clinton pd a bush and i remember during the last six months bush sent out secretary rice, there was blitz of diplomacy, pledging he'd get the middle east peace done before he left office. never happened. what do you think is different this time around with this president in achieving peace? >> and you remember that last minute the campaign on get some kind of arab peace deal, there was a...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> new questions are being raised about the lingering effects of the worst oil spill in u.s. history and whether federal officials are being a little too quick to declare that the disaster is mostly over. cnn's kate bolduan has been looking into conflicting figures for us and has more on what's going on. what is going on, kate? >> okay. well, wolf, the well is capped. we know that. and we are told it will soon be killed officially. but big questions do still remain about how much oil is out there and what the short and long-term impact really is. turns out there's no easy answer so far. >> reporter: so where has all the oil gone? well, it seems that depends on who's talking. according to the government, about 3/4 of the oil is effectively gone. >> what is left is 26% of the 4.9 million barrels. now is that completely accurate? no, it is the -- it's based on the estimates as defined in the oil budget as a purpose to establish a baseline to try and get a b
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> new questions are being raised about the lingering effects of the worst oil spill in u.s. history and whether federal officials are being a little too quick to declare that the disaster is mostly over. cnn's kate bolduan has been looking into conflicting figures for us and has more on what's going on. what is going on, kate? >> okay. well, wolf, the well is capped. we know that. and we are told it will soon be killed officially....
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cnn's wolf blitzer joining me live with that as well as a number we don't hear a lot, a weight of the candidate, and we will get to that in a moment. wolf, start with the horse race and the latest numbers. a poll from the "wall street journal" and nbc is showing that the president has a five-point edge among the so-called likely voters burk we have the poll of polls averaging eight nationwide nonpartisan surveys done after the conventions, and it shows a three-point edge for the obama/biden ticket. and does something major have to happen to push the numbers around or can anything really move the numbers in such a short amount of time? >> the answer is that the three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate, and those could certainly have an impact if there is a major gaffe by one of the two candidates or one of the vice presidential candidates, and that might have an impact moving the numbers up or down obviously. obviously, the debates are very, very important, and money spent over the last 47 or 48 day, and i think that the republicans will have more money, and that is
cnn's wolf blitzer joining me live with that as well as a number we don't hear a lot, a weight of the candidate, and we will get to that in a moment. wolf, start with the horse race and the latest numbers. a poll from the "wall street journal" and nbc is showing that the president has a five-point edge among the so-called likely voters burk we have the poll of polls averaging eight nationwide nonpartisan surveys done after the conventions, and it shows a three-point edge for the...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we're waiting for r herman cain to go before the cameras in scottsdale, arizona. any moment now, we expect him to go on the attack. the republican presidential candidate says there's not an ounce of truth to a chicago woman's alleges about sexual s misconduct and his campaign has released a long list of lawsuits. ms bialek became the first to speak out, but some of the other women and the other allegations as we await herman cain. we've got our reporters an analysts standing by, including gloria borger, donna brazile -- i said that, but gloria, let me start with you. it's taking right now even as we speak, a whole new dimension because another woman who made these allegations against him in 1999, she now work it is department of treasury. she's about to go public if she hasn't yet. >> she is, wolf. she is somebody who tried not to go public. and who went through her attorney, joel bennett, who you just had on th
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we're waiting for r herman cain to go before the cameras in scottsdale, arizona. any moment now, we expect him to go on the attack. the republican presidential candidate says there's not an ounce of truth to a chicago woman's alleges about sexual s misconduct and his campaign has released a long list of lawsuits. ms bialek became the first to speak out, but some of...
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. >> just a few seconds before we get to wolf blitzer. can you talk to us about the mood in washington today? we saw the somber pictures from the secretary of
. >> just a few seconds before we get to wolf blitzer. can you talk to us about the mood in washington today? we saw the somber pictures from the secretary of
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're down to just 39 days until the presidential election. in about 20 minutes the president begins a series of fundraisers right here in washington. those are the only public events on his calendar today. yet this is the same day the president didn't have time for a face-to-face meeting with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who's in new york. instead they spoke by phone. here's cnn's white house correspondent dan lothian. dan. >> reporter: wolf, the white house always stresses that the president and prime minister netanyahu are in touch frequently. they downplay any daylight between the two leaders. but they didn't meet face-to-face this week. and so one phone call is getting a lot of attention. president obama and prime minister netanyahu attended the united nations general assembly in new york, but at different times. the white house insisted it was a scheduling issue, not a snub. no meetings, no handshakes. but today a follow-up ph
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're down to just 39 days until the presidential election. in about 20 minutes the president begins a series of fundraisers right here in washington. those are the only public events on his calendar today. yet this is the same day the president didn't have time for a face-to-face meeting with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who's in new york. instead they spoke by phone. here's cnn's white house...
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wolf blitzer asked him why would martin luther king endorse you. he said he would get america to hold us accountable. mr. obama has been loathe to embrace the issue of race, first of all, but secondly, to target these poorer communities which happen to be african-american and latino with specific funds. he says a rising tide lifts all boats. the reality is if you ain't got a boat, you can't get in the boat to be lifted. i think we have to talk about boat making. we have to talk about economic and fiscal integrity for the communities. we have to talk about the trillions of dollars that were bled off. i think the congressional black caucus is doing what it should do, hold the president accountable to the issues that every president, by the way, not just him, every president before mr. obama who was white dealt with the issue of race in one form or another. bill clinton with the race initiative, george bush dealing with africa and across the board. we can't expect a black president not to do what other white presidents have done. lyndon johnson dealt
wolf blitzer asked him why would martin luther king endorse you. he said he would get america to hold us accountable. mr. obama has been loathe to embrace the issue of race, first of all, but secondly, to target these poorer communities which happen to be african-american and latino with specific funds. he says a rising tide lifts all boats. the reality is if you ain't got a boat, you can't get in the boat to be lifted. i think we have to talk about boat making. we have to talk about economic...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn, breaking news. >>> let's get to the breaks news right now. the long and fruitless search for osama bin laden. the attorney general of the united states has just made an eye-popping new prediction about the way bin laden's years as a fugitive will end. let's go straight to our homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve. she has the details. surprising tough comments from the attorney general. >> yeah, wolf, to put it in context, as is so often the case when the attorney general has lately appeared on capitol hill, there was animated debate about whether guantanamo detainees should be tried in civilian courts or military commissions. although some only want to see military xhigs used, the attorney general wants leeway to use both venues. he insists detainees would not be coddled in civilian court. he testified today that they would be treated not like an innocent citizen, but like a mass murderer, like charles manson. and that let to
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn, breaking news. >>> let's get to the breaks news right now. the long and fruitless search for osama bin laden. the attorney general of the united states has just made an eye-popping new prediction about the way bin laden's years as a fugitive will end. let's go straight to our homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve. she has the details. surprising tough comments from the attorney general....
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wolf blitzer joining me next on whether we actually have learned anything new. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one can. that's why ally has a raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight construction makes it nimble... ♪ its road gripping performance makes it a cadillac. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with advanced haldex all-wheel drive. [ engine revving ] it's bringing the future forward. >>> voting for the general election getting under way in three more states today. you have california, oregon, and indiana. they are now joining ten other states that started early voting. and with all of this here, really, we're less than four weeks from election day. both campaigns are racing to register voters, particularly here in florida. the voter registration deadline there is one day away and volunteers are definitely feeling th
wolf blitzer joining me next on whether we actually have learned anything new. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one can. that's why ally has a raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight construction makes it nimble... ♪ its road gripping performance makes it a cadillac....
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. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer in washington. president obama has just spoken out about a potential government shutdown. he's been meeting in the oval office with the israeli prime minister. listen to what he says about a shutdown. >> the bottom line is that the senate has passed a bill that keeps the government open, does not have a lot of extraneous issues to it, that allows us then to negotiate a longer term budget and address a range of other issues. but insures we're not shutting down the government and not shutting down the economy at a time when a lot of families out there are just getting some traction and digging themselves out of the hole we've had as a consequence of the financial crisis. i've said before, congress has two responsibilities. pass a budget, pays bills. and i am not only open to but eager to have negotiations around a long-term budget that makes sure that we're investing in middle class families, helping the economy grow, giving people who are working hard a leg up, and greater security and stability and
. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer in washington. president obama has just spoken out about a potential government shutdown. he's been meeting in the oval office with the israeli prime minister. listen to what he says about a shutdown. >> the bottom line is that the senate has passed a bill that keeps the government open, does not have a lot of extraneous issues to it, that allows us then to negotiate a longer term budget and address a range of other issues. but insures we're not...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> it's the most, most substantial nuclear arms pact in decades. president obama and the russian president dmitry medvedev have agreed to cut their number of the nations' nuclear warheads by one-third over the next seven years. they signed what's being called the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty in the czech republic. a former front line of the cold war. the deal still has to be ratified by lawmakers in both moscow and washington. but mr. obama says the signing sends a powerful signal around the world. >> nuclear weapons are not simply an issue for the united states and russia. they threaten the common security of all nations. a nuclear weapon in the hands of a terrorist is a danger to people everywhere, from moscow to new york, from the cities of europe to south asia. so next week 47 nations will come together in washington to discuss concrete steps that can be taken to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world in four years. >> our senior white h
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> it's the most, most substantial nuclear arms pact in decades. president obama and the russian president dmitry medvedev have agreed to cut their number of the nations' nuclear warheads by one-third over the next seven years. they signed what's being called the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty in the czech republic. a former front line of the cold war. the deal still has to be ratified by lawmakers in both moscow and washington. but...
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that's why it is critical to bring in my friend and colleague wolf blitzer. i will give you props right off the top of this segment, mr. blitzer because yesterday you were talking about how the polls were criticized by the romney campaign because they're somehow skewed but this poll of polls we did factored in fox news. you can't make that same claim. way to go. only one day after you said that we factored in the fox numbers. >> the fox poll is a good poll. it is very reliable like the nbc poll or the cbs or the abc and certainly our own cnn poll and all of these, you get a snapshot. you get a friend of what's going on right now. that doesn't mean it is going to continue to go on next week or three weeks from now but it is a snapshot of what's going on. when i look at the polls, i like to see where they were a month ago, two weeks ago, where they are now so you can see some trends. i always point out as you know, ashley, as important as the national polls are, the battleground state polls in ohio and virginia and florida, for example, these are the critical p
that's why it is critical to bring in my friend and colleague wolf blitzer. i will give you props right off the top of this segment, mr. blitzer because yesterday you were talking about how the polls were criticized by the romney campaign because they're somehow skewed but this poll of polls we did factored in fox news. you can't make that same claim. way to go. only one day after you said that we factored in the fox numbers. >> the fox poll is a good poll. it is very reliable like the...
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wolf blitzer is off. i'm suzanne malveaux, and you're in "the situation room." >>> for at least one of the suspects in the russian spy ring drama, the secrecy, the lying, the intrigue apparently are over. the breaking news this hour. federal prosecutors say that they have got a confession. i want to go straight to our brian todd who has the details on this. brian, what do we know? >> reporter: suzanne, a very dramatic development in this case that we just found out about this afternoon. one of the key suspects in this case, his name is juan lazaro, the name he went by. he now says that's not his real name, but let's get to the gist of it. he has confessed. he has made a lengthy post-arrest confession to authorities. this is according to a bail letter that was released by the u.s. attorney's office in new york. the confession occurred on sunday right after he was picked up. he waived his miranda rights, according to officials and started talking. he said he had worked for the russian intelligence service.
wolf blitzer is off. i'm suzanne malveaux, and you're in "the situation room." >>> for at least one of the suspects in the russian spy ring drama, the secrecy, the lying, the intrigue apparently are over. the breaking news this hour. federal prosecutors say that they have got a confession. i want to go straight to our brian todd who has the details on this. brian, what do we know? >> reporter: suzanne, a very dramatic development in this case that we just found out...
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tomorrow at noon, wolf blitzer will be hosting the super tuesday. gloria bolger, thank you very much. >>> they call themselves geeks, nerds and they're introducing the world of arts that seems impossible to pull off. this is all part of cnn's next list. >> it wasn't until i got to college that i realized i also had a sort of exhibitionist performance side to me as well. and at that point, that side of my life exploded and i became a circus performer and a juggler and a fire dancer and toured with a band all over the world. i feel like now i'm sort of bringing those two sides of me, the childhood super nerd and the later in life circus performer together in one package here. >> don't forget to watch cnn's brand new show "the next list" featuring some of america's brightest minds. dr. sanjay gupta is host. you can watch it sundays at 2:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. >>> was there a second gunman in the murder of bobby kennedy? the long-time conspiracy theory is going to court. >>> plus, remember the gang member who had the crime scene ta tottooed o
tomorrow at noon, wolf blitzer will be hosting the super tuesday. gloria bolger, thank you very much. >>> they call themselves geeks, nerds and they're introducing the world of arts that seems impossible to pull off. this is all part of cnn's next list. >> it wasn't until i got to college that i realized i also had a sort of exhibitionist performance side to me as well. and at that point, that side of my life exploded and i became a circus performer and a juggler and a fire...
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i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." "john king usa" starts right now. >> thanks, wolf. good evening, everyone. we begin with breaking news. the president of the united states and four leaders from the middle east just moments away from delivering statements in advance of a working dinner at the white house. their goal, to get the israelis and the palestinians back into direct peace negotiations. let's show you a live picture of the east room over at the white house. the delegations have gathered. the news media has gathered. we're waiting for the president of the united states. the president of egypt, the king of jordan and, very importantly, the prime minister of israel and the president of the palestinian authority, to come out and make their statements. these leaders will speak, take no questions, we are told, before they head off into a working dinner. that dinner designed to set up the main event tomorrow, the first direct negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians in two years. it has truly been longer than that since they engaged in true deal making d
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that's followed by complete live coverage of the results alt at 7:00 with wolf blitzer, erin burnett, candy crowley and more. >>> still ahead, in new mexico a little boy reported missing and he may be stuck at the bottom of a 30-foot well. >>> a little bit more than half past the hour now. let's look at your headlines. >>> the death toll now is up to at least 39 in those violent storms in the midwest and the south. it now includes little angel babcock, the toddler who was found alive in a field after a tornado killed her entire family. she was taken off life support today at a kentucky hospital. so sad. >>> president obama told a pro-israel lobby today that preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is in the national security interests of the both israel and the u.s. the president's words, all elements of american power remain an option to stop iran from becoming a nuclear state, and that includes, he said, a military effort to be prepared for any contingency. >>> russian prime minister vladimir putin will take back his old job as president. he declared victory today even with v
that's followed by complete live coverage of the results alt at 7:00 with wolf blitzer, erin burnett, candy crowley and more. >>> still ahead, in new mexico a little boy reported missing and he may be stuck at the bottom of a 30-foot well. >>> a little bit more than half past the hour now. let's look at your headlines. >>> the death toll now is up to at least 39 in those violent storms in the midwest and the south. it now includes little angel babcock, the toddler who...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the secret service prostitution scandal that exploded in colombia may be just the tip of the iceberg. allegations have now surfaced of similar misconduct involving heavy drinking, a strip club, escorts on a previous presidential trip, this one to el salvador. reporter chris holmsby broke the story and he joins me now. chris, what happened in el salvador just prior to president obama's trip there in march of last year? >> reporter: we just flew to el salvador this last weekend to try to verify some of the information that we actually received some time ago. we talked to a government subcontractor who worked directly with president obama's advanced security team within the secret service and with military attaches, experts and k-9, bomb-sniffing snipers and this particular sub-contractor tells us that he went with what they call a van load of secret service agents to a local strip club and there he says he witness
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the secret service prostitution scandal that exploded in colombia may be just the tip of the iceberg. allegations have now surfaced of similar misconduct involving heavy drinking, a strip club, escorts on a previous presidential trip, this one to el salvador. reporter chris holmsby broke the story and he joins me now. chris, what happened in el salvador just prior to president obama's...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> hamas militants -- [ gunfire ] -- there they are. hamas militants in gaza keep unleashing rocket attacks on israel and get alarmingly close to jerusalem. a new provocation as they continue the air assault on what it calls terrorist targets in gaza. the death toll is rising along with fears of an all-out israeli ground invasion. the israeli cabinet has just approved the call-up of 75,000 army reservists in addition to the troops already positioned along the border with gaza. a visit to gaza by egypt's prime minister failed to stop the bombardment and pull the region from the brink of all-out war. u.s. officials blame hamas for starting this conflict. but they are also urging to be measured in its response. the defense secretary leon panetta says israel and the palestinians need to negotiate a more permanent piece -- his words, a more permanent piece in the region. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr's been watching what's going on. barbara, what
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> hamas militants -- [ gunfire ] -- there they are. hamas militants in gaza keep unleashing rocket attacks on israel and get alarmingly close to jerusalem. a new provocation as they continue the air assault on what it calls terrorist targets in gaza. the death toll is rising along with fears of an all-out israeli ground invasion. the israeli cabinet has just approved the call-up of 75,000 army reservists in addition to the...